Project Planning Contracts in Berkshire

Project Planning
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 90 90
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 +20
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 11 34 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.94% 1.71% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.93% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 14
10th Percentile £306 £59 £510
25th Percentile £406 £314 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £350 £648
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -45.95% +32.82%
75th Percentile £484 £525 £680
90th Percentile £546 £704 £711
South East median daily rate £425 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Project Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Berkshire

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in Berkshire

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in Berkshire

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in Berkshire

Project Planning
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +14 4 £463 -15.91% 5
Bracknell +18 1 £615 +89.23%
Slough - 1 £220 - 3
Windsor - 1 £500 -
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) PaaS
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) HTTP
2 1 (9.09%) MQTT
2 1 (9.09%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Back Office
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Project Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) OSS Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Cabling Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Smart Metering Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) PostGIS
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) EPoS
2 1 (9.09%) Infotainment
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 3 (27.27%) Budgeting
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Project Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Security Management
5 2 (18.18%) Service Management
5 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) PMI Certification
1 4 (36.36%) PMP
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) COBIT
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Cramer
1 2 (18.18%) Infoblox
1 2 (18.18%) Remedy
2 1 (9.09%) Computacenter